ARRL WEST VIRGINIA SECTION
January 2014 Report
SM: Charles Hardy, WV8CH; ASM: K8WV; ACC: N8NH;
PIC: KD8MRU; SEC: KD8OMT; ASEC Digital: WA8LLM;
STM: WV8CH; OOC: W8KER; SGL: K8BS; TC: WD8PAD
“HELLO” WEST VIRGINIA AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS” the next WVSARC meeting is scheduled for March 2014 at the Charleston Hamfest. Please come out and support your Amateur Radio counsel. All WV AMATEURS are members of the WVSARC – come to the meeting and support the ARRL WV Convention.
ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS CAN KEEP UP TO DATE on activities and actions in the amateur community, visit http://www.arrl.org/ . Lots of drop boxes – enjoy surfing and searching the site. Support ARRL in WV – join.
Many of you have worked very hard to keep your clubs active and assisted during severe weather events, and of course, participated in the Hamfests throughout the years. Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.
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WV AMATEUR RADIO CLUBs –Thanks to the several clubs for updating the WVSARC Club list. Should you have an Amateur Radio Club you would like to list, just visit http://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/ and click on the Add or Edit Club link.
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WV ARES®/RACES NET CONTROLS:
Charles Hardy, WV8CH, ARRL WV STM, Net Manager for the WV ARES®/RACES Emergency Net will be accepting volunteers for the 2014 monthly Net Control positions – The Net Control position would take about ½ hour one evening a month (1st Thursday following the 6:00 PM Fone Net on 3810). Should you be interested in becoming a Net Control, contact wv8ch@arrl.org.
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Dan Ringer, K8WV, ARRL WV Section ASM:
Should you have a question related to amateur radio and ARRL, just contact Dan at k8wv@arrl.net.
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Keith Richmond, W8KER, ARRL WV Section OOC:
WV OO October activity – Three (3) OO’s reporting and a total of 43 hours monitoring and one (1) notice sent. If you are Interested in becoming an OO you may contact Keith at keith@suddenlink.net.
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Bill Hunter, K8BS, ARRL WV Section SGL:
State Government Liaison providing support with the State OES.
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Dirk Burnside, WD8PAD, ARRL WV STM:
Should you have a technical problem, just contact Dirk for assistance at doburnside@hotmail.com
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ARRL ACTIVITIES: The ARRL letter will be posted each Friday.
ARRL Letter http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/ also available on Audio News http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/
W1AW General, DX, Keplerian, Propagation Bulletins www.arrl.org/w1aw
W1AW Schedule www.arrl.org/w1aw http://www.arrl.org/w1aw.html
Visit the www.wvarrl.org website for ARES® and related information.
FEMA online independent study course that presents the concepts of Emergency
Support Function #2-Communications http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS802.aspThe Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation http://www.AMSAT.org
FCC Database – Is your MAILING ADDRESS AND NAME current in the FCC database http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=cft&id=amateur&page=cft_change_address
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There seems to be an influx of new “Hams and Upgrades”, see lists below. Please try to Elmer and support those new to the “hobby”.
WV NEW AMATEURS for January 2014 "Welcome To" Jonathan R Mounts, KD8WGE; Ronald D Smith, KD8WGF; Carol L Stinson, KD8WGD; Johnnie P Faine, KD8WGA; Daniel L Faine, KD8WGC; Howard F Knam, KD8WGB; Joezie S Hickman, KD8WHO; and Melody S Crawford, KD8WHP.
WV Amateur Upgrades for January 2014 "CONGRATULATIONS" Dusty L Nagle, N8NSP
Be sure to Congratulate them the next time you see them or hear them on the air.
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WV ARRL MEMBER (New/Renew) –January 2014 – “WELCOME” Fred R Kinder, KD8RRN; Charles C Gallimore, WD4AQB; Michael W Slayton, KC8WDK; Olen F Rummell, K8TNB; James M Evans, KD8QDT; Ronnie R Bolen, KG8GW; Ronald R Roush, KC8PNZ; Thomas L Merrill, KD8KFW; Stephen S Allen, KD8WEC; Christopher K Clance, N5CKC; Maria Martin, KF4ZPV; Charles T Martin, KF4TNX; Howard F Knam, KD8WGB; Lyle D Adkins, KC8WJJ; Frances J Rheal, KB8ACZ; Timothy T Miller, WB8MOI; Ross H Harrison, KD8PMJ; Junior D Myers, N3RGO; David A Sams, N8LSD; Robert L Gray, KG6TRE; Wayne L Woods, KD8VVX; David R Casto, KA8MOB; Lemuel G Jones, KC8LEG; Craig W Hartzell, K8SF; Daniel J Marner, KC8YUJ; and Ryan P Woods,KD8ATF.
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Matt Gregg,KD8OMT ARRL WV Section Emergency Coordinator: January 2014 Report See ARES® Reports below. Interested in public service and emergency communications, join the ARRL and subscribe to the ARES® E-Letter at www.arrl.org/ares-letter and for NON-members www.arrl.org/ARES-EL. kd8omt@gmail.com
Total number of ARES members reported: 44 Change since last month: changes every month
Number of drills, tests and training sessions reported this month: 10 Person hours 141.5
Number of public service events reported this month: 1 Person hours 1.5
Number of emergency operations reported this month: 2 Person hours 250
Total number of ARES operations reported this Month: 13 Total Person hours 393
WV SEC Matt Gregg I have sent out emails to the folks who hold the Emergency Coordinator spot that has not sent in reports in some time. I am giving folks a few days to report back to me. If I don't hear back from them via email or phone call I will send letter via USPS to them to get them reporting. We have several opens in the state for Emergency Coordinators and I am looking for volunteers for those counties.
- Hancock County – Lester Shields Nothing to report.
- Ohio County – Matt Koval No activity to report. Sunday night nets have ended for lack of NCS's. I was asked to try a one night a month net. I'm thinking about going that route.
- Marshall County – John Gorby-P.A/ N.E.M.S. with Western Pa. Every Sunday for the Month of January.-N.Y. / N.E.M.S. Every Saturday. -Installed new jumper cables at Reynolds Memorial Hospital A.R.E.S. Control Room, Checked for over deviation issues from test date, No issues at this time. SWR and output all in good order
- Barbour County - Lemuel Jones MAN HOURS – 141.5 MAN HOURS – 1.5 MAN HOURS – 250 TOTAL MAN HOURS - 393 Meeting with members 1.5 hrs.' discussing what do to help jump start interest in amateur radio again in county going to have a work day at members house building a simplex repeater and antenna as soon as weather breaks.
- Tucker County – Jerry Strum We had our meeting today and our net with15 check in's with 11 ARES and 4 non ARES and 4 counties represented
- Wood County – Terry Mills reported that on January 7th, WCEC and Wood County ARES held their monthly business meeting at Lubeck Community Building. Called to order at 7 pm, the business portion was handled with reports on the 147.255 repeater system and the airport building. Plans were finalized for the one day Technician class to be held on the January 25th and a Soup Bean and Cornbread Dinner to be held on February 28th. The group also held their raffle drawing for a generator they had been selling tickets for. The group is going to hold a raffle every other month. The next raffle will be held on March 4th for a 24” Flat Screen LED Television. Anyone wishing to purchase tickets for the television, which are a Dollar each, or 6 for $5.00 should, contact Terry at renegade856@yahoo.com or Ken, WA8LLM at wa8llm@yahoo.com . There were 18 ARES members present at the meeting. The all you can eat Soup Bean and Cornbread Dinner will be held at the Lubeck Community Building 322 Lubeck Rd. on Saturday February 28th, from 5 pm until 8 pm, or until the food runs out. All you can eat beans and cornbread is $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for ages 10 and under. The dinner includes beans, cornbread and butter, coffee or iced tea, or milk for the kids and choice of a cookie. Come join us for a good meal and fellowship. On January 11th, WCEC and Wood County ARES held a one day Technician license class at the Mid Ohio Valley Health dept. on 6th Street in Parkersburg. The class was given to 8 people who braved the weather to venture out. The class started at 9am with testing at 2 pm after a pizza lunch. There are now four hams in the area, they are: KD8WHM, KD8WHN, KD8WHO, and KD8WHP Congratulations to them and welcome to Amateur Radio. There were 9 ARES members present at the class and testing. Same time as the one day class, WCEC and Wood County ARES operated a weather net and monitored for problems during the significant snowfall. Most of the evening was spent monitoring with little traffic passed. Terry said that he had gone and checked several folks that he knew had limited abilities and health problems to make certain they were fairing well. He said that he rechecked numerous times due to the severe cold over the next few days. Everyone seemed to fair well. On January 25th Terry attended a class on circuit boards at the health department taught by Ken Harris (WA8LLM). Ken demonstrated circuits, and gave a show and tell, on the history of circuit boards with some examples. The class was shown how to print, cut, and etch their own boards with peroxide and muriatic acid and even how to mount the card in an enclosure. The most interesting part for Terry was they were shown the prototype for a soundcard interface for packet radio that will replace the TNC to make packet radio smaller, easier to transport and set up. There were 14 ARES members who braved the snow that day to come to the class. Also on January 25th, another winter storm moved thru the area. WCEC and Wood County ARES monitored the 147.255 repeater to give assistance to area residents in need. With several inches of snow falling and bitter temperatures, some area residents had water lines freeze and scattered power outages. Terry wound up doing several store and errand runs for some folks who could not, or were afraid to get out. He said he hopes this stuff is over soon, but it’s not as bad as some areas of the country.
- Randolph County- Shane Harper Nothing new to report for January in Randolph County. Even though we've had snow and cold, communication systems have held up and we were not needed. That may change for February since tonight we are expecting 4 - 8 inches and next week we are due to be hit with up to 2 feet of the white stuff
- Mason County-Matt Gregg Worked with the local ham club on getting an Echolink node in place for the Gallipolis Oh 2 meter repeater. Have plans to deploy 2 APRS Digipeater this spring, one of which will be an iGATE. Still trying to gain members. Ken Harris from WC8EC will be down in March to do a technician in a day class for our local CERT team, we are hoping to get a few of them to join ARES.
- Pocahontas County – Pat Schaffner 17 ARES members . 8 hrs. were spent on emergency operations. Messages and welfare traffic were sent during the recent power outage and for an auto accident. We also have weekly nets. Sunday evening 9 pm 145.110 and Thursday evening 9 pm on 53.330
- Jackson County - David Bradley There is little to nothing to report in Jackson at this time. I do have some plans in the works and hope to have some progress in the spring.
- Lincoln County – Keith Johnson Nothing to report, still having problems with website to submit the report.
- District 7 & Fayette County – Charles Hardy Still working to get the Amateur Radios back up and running so we can test them. I have been running emergencies from my house
- District 3 & Pleasant County – Ken Harris, WA8LLM, said that along with the activities that Terry Mills, KC8TUE, reported in his EC Report, that he also attended the Pleasants County LEPC Meeting on January 23rd.
- Monongalia County - Jacob Tennant Nothing new to report for January. At this tine myself and about 10 other hams from both clubs are setting in the Basic CERT class at the Monongalia County Health Dept. CERT coordinator has also asked about our clubs presenting ham classes for interested members. I have appointed the presidents from the 2 clubs in Monongalia County as my Assistant EC's.: Allen Harris KD8BMI & Josh Graham KC8HRX.They will be coordinating with me to develop their club's ARES groups.
- Boone County – Kenneth Cregger with equipment now set up in the EOC area of the 9-1-1 center, traffic was passed via Ham Radio/ARES to deliver and distribute drinking water, due to the chemical spill into the Elk River which contaminated the drinking water. Boone EMA, National Guard, and Red Cross was involved in the traffic from ARES.
- Kanawha County – Paul Whited We had 32 check ins on the ARES Net for January 5th, no ARES Meeting for January because of the Chemical spill in the Elk River. We were not called out for the spill because they had no communication problems. We will have an ARES Meeting for the month of February.
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Charles Hardy, WV8CH, ARRL WV STM: January 2014
See the ARRL WV Section NTS Net Reports, the Station Activity Reports (SAR) and the Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) reports below. Charlie will be submitting monthly, send reports to him at wv8ch@arrl.org.
HF Nets Reporting Stations Traffic Time Minutes Sessions Net Manager
WV Fone Net 1014 154 947 31 W8YS WV Midday Net 728 32 589 31 W3GEG WVCW Net Early 115 48 268 31 KD8G WV CW Net Late 56 8 139 29 KD8G WV ARES®/RACES 24 0 22 1 WV8CH Total 1886 242 1965 123
ARES/RACES 2 Meter Nets Stations Traffic Time Minute Sessions District 6 ARES/RACES 42 1 42 4 Total 42 1 42 4
2 Meter Nets Stations Traffic TimeMinutes sessions
KARC Net Report 85 0 181 4
Total 85 0 181 4
Station Activity Report (SAR) –Jan 2014
Station Orig Rec Sent Del Total KA8ZGY 14 17 15 18 64 W8CPG 3 26 4 0 33 WD8DHC 0 11 57 0 68 WV8CH 4 114 48 11 177
Total: 21 168 124 29 342
Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) -Jan 2014
Station 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total KA8ZGY 29 40 20 5 0 20 114 W8CPG 40 33 20 0 0 0 93
WD8DHC 40 40 10 0 0 0 90 WV8CH 40 40 30 15 0 10 135 Stations = 4 149 153 80 24 0 30 432
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Jeff Wood, N8NH, ARRL WV Section ACC:
If you have any questions about clubs in your area please feel free to contact me at n8nh@arrl.net 73 Jeffrey Woods N8NH.
ARRL Affiliated Clubs – Visit the ARRL Club site www.arrl/org
to update your clubs ANNUAL REPORT.
ARRL Affiliated Clubs – Visit the ARRL Club site to update or
become a SPECIAL SERVICE CLUB.
WV Clubs - Visit the ARRL Club site to become an ARRL Affiliated Club.
ARRL VE Testing – Visit the ARRL Exams site www.arrl.org for testing
site/locations/dates.
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WEST VIRGINIA AMATEUR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
***Please visit the West Virginia State Amateur Radio Council (WVSARC)
website at http://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/wv_clubs.html and update your
club/organization information and email address. All WV Amateur Clubs
are asked to register on the site...
*** Check out the above list of “New”, Upgrade WV Amateurs and ARRL
members for your club to contact as perspective members.
*** WV Club Newsletters – Does your club have a newsletter – please
send hardcopy or by email.
Should you need an update to the listing below, contact: wv8ch@arrl.org
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64 Repeater Group Dwight D. Hensley, N8HZ, Barboursville, WV
Barbour County Area Amateur Radio Club wv8bc@arrl.net
Black Diamond ARC http://www.bdarc.com
Charleston Hamfest and Computer Show http://www.w8gk.org/
n8tmw@arrl.net
Doddridge County Amateur Radio Society
http://www.dcars.zoomshare.com/
East River Radio Club http://www.erarc.com
Eastern Panhandle ARC http://k8ep.net
Jackson County ARC wd8jnu@arrl.net
Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club http://jcwvarc.webs.com
kd8ckn@yahoo.com
Kanawha Amateur Radio Club http://www.karc.wvhamradio.com
http://www.w8gk.org/
Logan County ARC maynardsidney@hotmail.com
Mountain State Transmitters Jeffrey A. Broschart, KC8OBS
jbroscha@access.k12.wv.us
Mountaineer ARA (contract Joe Radcliff, WD8EOG)
wvham@adelphia.net
Monongalia Wireless Assn. w8mwa@arrl.net
http://www.w8wma.org
Opequon Radio Society http://qsl.net/w8ors
Parkersburg Amateur Radio Klub
http://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/wv_clubs.html kc8ruj@yahoo.com
Plateau Amateur Radio Assn http://www.parawv.com
Ritchie Amateur Group kn8j@arrl.net
http://members.ruralnet.org/madhattr/
Southern WV ARA, Inc http://www.swvarai.org
Stonewall Jackson ARA http://www.sjara.org
Tri-County Ham Radio Club ka8mtc@adelphia.net
Tri-State Amateur Radio Assn. www.orgsites.com/wv/taraclub.
West Virginia Amateur Radio http://www.wvar.org
West Virginian DX Assn http://wvdxa.org
West Virginia University ARC http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~w8cul
WV State Amateur Radio Council http://qsl.net/wvsarc
wa8ycd@arrl.net
WV Wesley College ARC http://www.wvwc.edu/w8ld
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WV HF Nets Name Day(s) Time (local) Freq. (MHz) Mgr.
West Virginia CW Early Net Daily 1900 3.567 KD8G
West Virginia Fone Net Daily 1800 3.810 W8YS
West Virginia CW Late Net Daily 2200 3.567 KD8G
WV ARES/RACES Emg.Net 1stThurs . 1830 3.810 WV8CH
West Virginia Mid Day Net Daily 1145 7.235 / 3.810 W3GEG
Triple States ARES CW Net Wed. 1846 28.480 KF8RL
TSARC 10 meter Phone Net Wed. 1930 28.480 N8FQN
TSARC 40 meter Net Wed. 2000 7.260 K8UGO
WV VHF Nets Day(s) Time Freq. (MHz) Coverage Mgr.
8 Rivers ARC Tu 2100 145.110 T107.2 Pocah. Co. + KC8CSE
Barbour CoARES Th 2100 145.140- Barbour Co. KC8MLK
Cabell Co ARES M 2030 146.760-/443.850 Hunt/KY/OH KB8LSR
Eastern Pan.Trfi M-F 1845 147.255+ Morg/Berk/Jeff.Co. KB8NDS
FayetteCo.ARES 2,4 Th 2030 146.790- Fayette.Co + WV8CH
Gilmer Co.A/R Th 1900 145.290- Central WV KA8ZXP
Harrison Co.A/R Th 1900 146.685- North Central WV WJ8G
JeffersonCo ARES Su 2030 147.255+ Jefferson Co.
KARC 2mtr Su 2030 145.350- Kanawha Co. + N8TMW
MountainStateFM Sat 2100 145.370 Tucker Co./adj. KD8HJN
Northern WVA/R W 2030 145.300- Northern WV KB8QIR
Ohio Co ARES Su 2000 146.760- Ohio Co. KC8CR
PendletonCoA/R Th 1900 147.285+ Eastern WV N8HON
PioneerARA2mtr T 1900 146.835- Central WV KB8EUN
PlateauARA2mtr Su 2000 146.790- Fayette.Co + WV8CH
Steuben.Weirton Su 2000 147.060+ North WV/E OH W8DYF
SWJARC 2mtr T 1900 147.210+ North Central WV N8FMD
TSARC News Net F 2000 146.910- North. Panhdl. K8AN
TSARC Skywarn T 1915 146.910- North. Panhdl WD8PQG
Tyler Co.AR Org. M 2100 147.360+ Tyler Co. + KB8TIV
Wayne Co ARES M 2100 147.390+ Louisa,KY/WV KC8ICK
WVEastRegARES M 2000 147.255+ Morg/Berk/Jeff.Co. K8WXI
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Michael Erwin, KD8MRU, ARRL WV Section PIC:
Please contact Michael at kd8mru@arrl.net should you have questions related to Public Information processes and/or advertising upcoming events.
Plateau Amateur Radio Association Hamfest will be on Saturday, February 15th, 2014. Please visit their website for more details. www.parawv.com
The Charleston Area Hamfest and Computer Show will be on Saturday, March 15th, 2014. Please contact Rick Cummings at k8lup@yahoo.com
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ARRL West Virginia Section
Section Manager: Mr. Charles L Hardy Jr, WV8CH
wv8ch@arrl.org
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